ESPN's 2018 All-Star picks: How many Giants make it?

In advance of the 2018 Camping World All-Star Selection Show on Sunday (7 p.m. ET on ESPN), ESPN.com asked five of its contributors -- Bradford Doolittle, Jerry Crasnick, Buster Olney, David Schoenfield and Sarah Langs -- to select the players who should comprise the rosters for the 89th Midsummer Classic on July 17 at Nationals Park.

Below are our starters based on their votes and all of the other players who got votes as reserves or pitchers. We also asked some of our experts to answer questions about their selections.

A: Catcher in the American League is not a deep field. Ramos is far and away the starter, but beyond that, there's no clear-cut No. 2. Gary Sanchez and Mike Zunino have double-digit homer totals, but they're also hitting below .200. So my AL team will improvise -- with Gattis, who's having a good year and has played 241 games at catcher in his career, the position he played the most for the Astros in 2017. -- Sarah Langs

A: The last time a pitcher started the All-Star game in his home ballpark was in 2013, when Matt Harvey started at Citi Field. His opponent, the AL starter, was Scherzer -- my pick to be the first pitcher since Harvey to start the All-Star Game in his home park. There's an argument to be made for deGrom or even Foltynewicz, but ultimately, the fanfare and excitement of Scherzer starting at home can't be topped. -- Langs

Q: Who were the toughest omissions for you?

A: There are so many good starting pitchers in the AL, plus several teams who don't deserve an All-Star on merit. My final selections ended up as Paxton over Morton and Simmons over Segura. -- David Schoenfield

A: Lowrie's season for the A's has been tough to ignore, but there just wasn't enough room. He's already matched or surpassed his marks from last year in some counting and power stats. In the NL, Kris Bryant. He hasn't been as powerful as we've come to expect over the first three years of his career, but he's still been good. His stint on the disabled list didn't help, though. -- Langs

Q: Dave, you were the only one not to pick Harper. Why?

A: I had Harper on my original list -- after all, it's the All-STAR Game, and Harper is one of the biggest names and stars in the game. Then I realized Harper has hit under .200 for more than two months now. He's had two great weeks and 10 weeks of replacement-level play. -- Schoenfield